List of British television channels
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This is a list of channels available on digital aerial, satellite and cable systems. Some channels have a "timeshift" service, i.e. the same programming (and usually advertisements as well) broadcast one or two hours later to give viewers another chance to catch a favourite programme. These channels are not included in the list below.
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A
- ABC1 - operated by Disney under the ABC Brand
- The Adult Channel
- Adventure ONE - affiliated with National Geographic Channel
- The Advert Channel
- Amateur Girls
- Animal Planet - operated by Discovery Networks Europe
- Artsworld
- ARY Digital
- Asia 1
- Asianet
- At the Races - originally operated by Channel 4; now owned by Sky
B
- B4
- B4U Movies
- B4U Music
- Bangla TV
- BBC Four
- BBC HD
- BBCi Interactive Television Service
- BBC News 24
- BBC One
- BBC Parliament
- BBC Three
- BBC Two
- BBC World
- BEN Television
- BET International
- The Baby Channel
- bid tv
- BIG Game TV!
- Bliss
- Bloomberg Television
- The Biography Channel - affiliated with the History Channel
- Boomerang - operated by Cartoon Network
- The Box
- Bravo
C
- Cable Channel One
- Cartoon Network
- Cartoon Network TOO
- CBBC Channel - operated by the BBC
- CBeebies - operated by the BBC
- CCTV 9
- Celtic TV - operated by Celtic F.C.
- Challenge
- Channel 4
- Channel M
- Channel U
- Channel S
- Chart Show TV
- Chelsea TV - operated by Chelsea F.C.
- CITV Channel
- Classic FM TV
- CNBC Europe
- CNE
- CNN International (see also CNN for more information)
- Community Channel
D
- Discovery
- Discovery Civilisations
- Discovery Home & Health (formerly Discovery Health)
- Discovery Kids
- Discovery Real Time (formerly Discovery Home & Leisure; originally TLC)
- Discovery Science (formerly Discovery Sci Trek)
- Discovery Travel and Living (formerly Discovery Travel and Adventure)
- Discovery Wings
- Disney Channel (UK)
- Disney Cinemagic
E
F
- Fashion TV
- FilmFlex - video-on-demand movies for cable
- FilmFour - operated by Channel 4
- FilmFour Weekly - operated by Channel 4
- Five (formerly known as Channel 5)
- Fizz
- Flaunt
- FOX News
- Friendly TV
- Front Row Digital
- Ftn
- FX - operated by Fox
G
- Gay TV Operated by Red Hot TV
- Gay Date
- Gay Network
- GBC
- Gems TV
- Global Draw Greyhounds
- GMTV - runs on ITV1 daily, 06:00 - 09:25
- GMTV2 - runs on ITV2 daily, 06:00 - 09:25
- The God Channel
- The God Channel 2
- The God Channel Africa
- The God Channel Europe
- The God Channel Scandinavia
- God UK
- GUST - Glasgow University Student Television
H
- Hallmark Channel
- Channel Health
- Hellenic
- The History Channel
- The Hits
- Hollywood TV
I
- Ideal World
- ITV1 (Scottish Borders, England and Wales; formerly ITV), stv (Scottish TV, Grampian TV) in Central and Northern Scotland, UTV in N. Ireland and Channel TV in the Channel Islands
- ITV2
- ITV3
- ITV4
- ITV HD
- ITV Play
J
K
- Kerrang! TV (affiliated with Kerrang magazine)
- Kiss TV (affiliated with Kiss FM radio)
L
- The Landscape Channel
- Life TV
- Life Showcase
- LIVINGtv
- LIVINGtv2
- Live XXX Tv
M
- Magic TV (affiliated with Magic 105.4 FM)
- MATV Midlands Asian Television- targeting Asian viewers in the Leicestershire. Broadcasts programs in Hindi, English and Gujurati
- Men & Motors - operated by ITV
- More4 - operated by Channel 4
- Motors TV
- The Move Channel
- MTV
- MTV Base
- MTV Dance
- MTV Hits (MTV Extra prior to May 2001)
- MTV2
- Muslim TV Ahmadiyya
- Multi Channel
- 40 Music Choice Channels (audio and text only)
- MUTV - operated by Manchester United F.C.
N
- National Geographic Channel
- Nick Jr
- Nick Jr 2
- Nickelodeon
- Nicktoons
- North American Sports Network (NASN)
- NvTv - Belfast-based RSL
- NTL Front Row - (Pay-Per-View)
O
P
- Paramount Comedy 1
- Paramount Comedy 2
- Performance
- Playboy One
- Playboy TV
- Playhouse Disney
- player (TV channel)
- Pokerzone
- The Poker Channel
- POP
- PremPlus - Formally Premiership Plus (Pay-Per-View)
- price-drop tv
- Propeller TV
Q
R
- The Racing Channel
- Racing UK
- Rangers TV - operated by Rangers F.C.
- Rapture TV
- Reality TV
- Redhot 40+ Wives - operated by Red Hot TV
- Redhot All Girl - operated by Red Hot TV
- Redhot Amateur - operated by Red Hot TV
- Redhot Climax - operated by Red Hot TV
- Redhot Movies - operated by Red Hot TV
- Redhot Only 18 - operated by Red Hot TV
- Redhot Rears - operated by Red Hot TV
- Redhot Wives - operated by Red Hot TV
S
- S4C
- S4C2
- SAB TV- Indian television
- Sat 1
- Sci-fi (no longer affiliated with US Sci Fi Channel (United States))
- Screenshop
- Scuzz
- Setanta Sports UK
- Shop America
- Simply Shopping
- Six TV, Oxford (previously The Oxford Channel) and Southampton
- Sky Box Office - (Pay-Per-View) 52 screens
- Sky Movies Cinema 1
- Sky Movies Cinema 2
- Sky Movies 1 through Sky Movies 10 (these channels supersede Sky Movies Premier 1 through 5 and Sky Movies Max/Moviemax 1 through 4, but not necessarily in that order)
- Sky News
- Sky One (originally Sky Channel)
- Sky Two (originally Sky One Mix and then Sky Mix)
- Sky Three
- Sky Sports 1
- Sky Sports 2
- Sky Sports 3
- Sky Sports HD
- Sky Sports Xtra
- Sky Sports News
- Sky Travel
- Sky Travel Extra
- Sky Vegas Live
- Smash Hits
- SmileTV
- Solent TV, Isle of Wight
- Sony Entertainment TV Asia
- speed auction tv
- Star Plus
T
- TCM
- Teachers' TV
- TeleG - Scottish Gaelic channel
- Television X
- TMF - The Music Factory
- Tiny Pop
- Toonami (formerly CNX) - affiliated with Cartoon Network
- Travel Channel
- Treasures TV
- Trouble
- True Movies
U
- UKTV Bright Ideas
- UKTV Documentary
- UKTV Drama
- UKTV Food
- UKTV G2
- UKTV Gold
- UKTV History
- UKTV People
- UKTV Style
- UKTV Style Gardens
V
- The Vault
- Vector Direct
- VH1 Classic
- VH1 UK
- VH2
W
- The Wrestling Channel British Channel broadcasting from Ireland
X
Y
- York@54, York.
- YSTV - University of York Student Channel
Z
- Zee Cinema
- Zee Music
- Zee TV
- Zone Horror
Future channels
- Bridges TV - Muslim general entertainment channel.[link]
- C4US - Channel for Channel 4's US Imports.[link]
- Crime & Investigation Network - British version of the american crime channel, operated by A&E Networks & BSkyB
- Fight+ - Combative Sports.[link]
- Five US - channel announced and launching in Autumn 2006, operated by Five.[link]
- Five Life - channel announced and launching in Autumn 2006, operated by Five.[link]
- ITV2+1 - one hour timeshift channel of ITV2. [link]
- Movies 24 - sister channel to The Hallmark Channel.[link]
- New You Health Channel
- The Queer Channel Gay Entertainment Station [link]
- An unnamed Gaelic TV channel to be funded by SMG plc (owner of stv) and the BBC.[link]
Defunct channels
- Auction World.tv - Licence to broadcast terminated
- BBC Choice - replaced by BBC Three
- BBC Knowledge - replaced by BBC Four
- Carlton Cinema
- Carlton Food Network later rebranded Taste CFN, itself now defunct.
- Carlton Kids
- Carlton Select
- Carlton World
- Cartoon Network+1 replaced with Cartoon Network Too & TCM 2
- CBM - contract with National Grid Wireless terminated
- Channel Six Dundee - A former RSL broadcasting to the city of Dundee
- Chase-it.tv - Licence to broadcast terminated
- CNX replaced with Toonami
- EBN - Merged with Bloomberg
- Express Shopping Channel- operated by The Daily Express
- Faze TV - Television channel targeted towards gay men. Scheduled to start broadcasting in September 2005; however never lauched due to funding issues.
- FilmFour Extreme
- FilmFour World
- Granada Breeze
- Granada Talk TV
- ITV News Channel (formerly ITN News Channel)
- LONDON TV
- Play UK (originally UK Play)
- Plus - originally Granada Plus; Closed by Granada Sky Broadcasting as part of a deal to carry ITV3 on Sky Digital
- Pop Plus now Tiny Pop
- Premiere (the first premium television service in the UK)
- Quiz TV
- Shop!
- Six TV, Portsmouth
- Sound TV
- Super Channel — one of the early pan-European satellite television channels. Was taken over by American network NBC.
- Tara TV
- The Studio - NTL cable only
- .tv - Previously known as The Computer Channel
- UK Horizons - Replaced by both UKTV Documentary and UKTV People.
- UTV2 Broadcast in Northern Ireland on ONdigital (an early UK pay DTT Network) in place of ITV2 which was available in England and Wales
- S2 (Owned by SMG plc) Broadcast in Scotland on ONdigital (an early UK pay DTT Network) in place of ITV2 which was available in England and Wales
- Sky 2
- Sky Soap
- TCC The UK's First Kids Channel
- The Wrestling Channel Reloaded
- Toon Disney (UK) replaced with Disney Cinemagic
- TV Travel Shop Now iBuy TV
- TV Travel Shop 2 Now iBuy TV2
- U Direct Former pay-per-view channel which went into liquidation
- Vectone Music
- Vectone World
- whereits.at
- Xtraview Former pay-per-view channel operated by Top Up TV
Channels With Former Names
See also
- Lists of television channels
- Analogue television in the United Kingdom
- Restricted Service Licence
- List of UK Digital Terrestrial television channels
- International BBC television channels
- List of British radio stations
- UK topics
External links
- [FLYSAT] list of FTA British Channels
- [WILDSAT] - lists of standard television numbers, including printable versions.
- [UK TV Guide] The TV Listing Schedule During The Fortnight.
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